As we move into the Obama age and his ‘vision’ of feeding the world and ‘redistributing’ the wealth, there will be no mention of voluntary redistributing land use away from meat production to people food. This will remain an individual choice, a taboo subject that gets no main stream media attention and very little from [...]

In a recession, it’s more likely to be bad news - when consumer spending drops and businesses lose money, many companies can be forced to make redundancies just so they can keep afloat. For anyone anticipates that their employer is thinking about laying off staff, a debt consolidation loan might not be a great idea. [...]

The 2008 Michael King Memorial Lecture, University of Otago, 9 October 2008. [1]   Keywords: Maori; Political Economy & History;   Michael King and I were students together. It would not be true to say we were close friends afterwards – for we lived in different parts of New Zealand and worked in different areas. [...]

Adsense Code] By gingerLike many of my writings, this started out as a thought on one matter but ended up chasing several different rabbits as my thoughts flowed. There is no controlling a thought process, really, so don’t let the title of the entry fool you. ************************************************************ I’ve often given this subject some thought. Are [...]

Many of the consumers in the UK are suffering from a high debt ratio. This is beginning to squeeze their income to the point that they are unable to pay for the daily necessities as well as emergency needs. Instead of taking a holiday this year, some of the UK residents interviewed in a recent [...]